Shan Fu directly cupped his fists and saluted, then left the restaurant and ran towards the prefect's mansion.
After meeting with the prefect Zheng Li and explaining the affairs in the city, Shan Fu came to the restaurant again to meet with Dian Wei and the others, and then left Linxiang City in a carriage and ran north towards Jiangling.
Time passed day by day, Dian Wei and his party went directly north to the hiding place.
"General Dian Wei, you are going to the water village now. You must bring Cai Hao out to see me."
To be honest, Zhang Hong still didn't believe Cai Hao, so he asked Dian Wei to invite him over. If Cai Hao didn't feel guilty, he would definitely come over. If he felt guilty and didn't dare to come, then there was something fishy here.
"I'll go right away."
Dian Wei clasped his fists and left, sneaking towards the water village alone.
"Your Excellency, you were worried that Cai Mao would pretend to surrender, so you asked General Dian Wei to summon him out of the camp to see him?"
Shan Fu looked at Dian Weili's back, and a gleam flashed in his eyes.
"Well, I want to see if Cai Mao has the guts to come to see me. If he dares to come, it will naturally prove that he has no evil intentions. If he doesn't dare to come, then don't blame me."
A sharp light flashed in Zhang Hong's eyes. He could tell whether Cai Hao was a human or a ghost.
"If you want to try it, let Xu Fu do it."
Since Zhang Hong wanted to test Cai Hao, Xu Fu also nodded slightly and cupped his fists at him.
"How are you going to try?"
Zhang Hong was also stunned when he heard that Xu Fu was going to take over the job.
"My lord, you don't need to worry about this. I will make my own plans. As long as your lord sends General Dian Wei away, I will do the rest."
Xu Fu smiled mysteriously, without revealing it to Zhang Hong.
"Okay, then I will send General Dian Wei away when the time comes."
In fact, even if Xu Fu didn't say anything, Zhang Hong could roughly understand what he wanted to do, so he nodded and agreed to his request.
"Then I'll go down and get ready."
Xu Fu clasped his fists and went down to prepare for what he was going to do next.
Dian Wei came outside Cai Mao's house again, and Cai Hao directly welcomed Dian Wei in.
"General, it's a good thing you're here. Liu Biao's people have come three times in the days since you left. If you don't come back, I will be forced to go south."
Seeing Dian Wei coming back, Cai Mao also nodded. If the other party didn't come back, he would really raise his troops and go south.
"Okay, Yangzhou Shepherd Zhang Hong and Zhang Zigang are waiting outside. You can clean up immediately and follow me out of the camp to meet you."
Dian Wei didn't want to say much and directly told Cai Hao that Zhang Hong was waiting outside the camp and asked him to follow him to meet people immediately.
"Master Zhang Hong is here?
Okay, after I tidy up, I will follow the general to see Master Zigang."
Hearing that Zhang Hong had actually come from Yangzhou, Cai Hao was also stunned. He immediately went to see Zhang Hong with Dian Wei without thinking too much.
Soon the two of them left the navy's stronghold all the way, one after the other, and then returned outside the stronghold to meet Zhang Hong together.
"Mr. Zigang, I brought Cai Mao to you."
The two came to Zhang Hong. Dian Wei cupped his fists at Zhang Hong and introduced Cai Hao behind him.
"Navy Commander Cai Mao has met Mr. Zhou Mu."
Looking at Zhang Hong in front of him, Cai Hao directly cupped his fists and saluted him.
"Degui is here, sit down quickly, sit down quickly."
Zhang Hong glanced at Cai Hao, and a gleam flashed in his eyes. Cai Hao came so readily. He actually believed in Cai Hao.
"Thank you, sir."
Cai Hao and Dian Wei sat next to Zhang Hong.
"Sir, I was originally worried about what to do about this matter in Changsha. Now that you are here, I must have a plan to deal with it."
Cai Mao clasped his fists at Zhang Hong again. He was almost worried to death about the incident in Changsha.
"Well, before I came to Jiangling, I went to Linxiang and met with Changsha Governor Zheng Li. I also explained the situation in between. Now you can send troops to Changsha.
Remember to move slowly along the way and try to delay as much time as possible. When you lead the troops to Linxiang, Zheng Li will lead Changsha County to surrender to you.
After taking Changsha, no matter what Liu Biao asks, we cannot send troops immediately, we have to take a temporary rest, do you understand?"
Zhang Hong directly told Cai Hao everything he had arranged.
"I see, Cai Hao understands."
After hearing Zhang Hong's arrangement, Cai Hao suddenly realized that indeed, if he did not want to kill each other, the only thing he could do was to unite his forces. If Zheng Li could surrender to him, that would be the best thing.
"Well, Dianwei, come with me for a moment. I have something to say. Degui, please take a rest first."
Seeing that the matter was almost settled, Zhang Hong stood up and called Dian Wei aside, leaving Cai Hao alone.
Seeing the two people leaving, Xu Fu's eyes flashed with light, and he directly pushed the guard commander beside him.
"Understood."
Shi Chang nodded to Xu Fu and directly led his guards towards Cai Mao.
"Um?"
Looking at the soldiers surrounding him, Cai Hao couldn't help but be stunned, and felt a little bad in his heart.
"What are you going to do?"
Cai Mao stood up and shouted loudly at them. Although he didn't know what the other party wanted to do, shouting loudly would be enough to recruit Dian Wei.
"what sound?
No, there is something going on with Cai Mao."
It was the middle of the night and the surrounding area was empty. Cai Mao's shout was directly heard by Dian Wei.
"General, wait a minute, wait a minute."
Seeing Dian Wei going to rescue Cai Hao, Zhang Hong directly grabbed him.
"Mr. Zigang, what does this mean?
Did you arrange it?"
Dian Wei is reckless, but he is not stupid. He simply does not believe that there are assassins among his own guards, and it is even more impossible for outsiders to come into his place and kill people, so all this can only be arranged by Zhang Zhao.
"It was not arranged by me, but by Xu Fu. He wanted to test whether Cai Mao was sincere or fake, and whether his surname was Liu or Yuan."
Zhang Hong spoke directly to Dian Wei and told him that Xu Fu had instigated all this.
"Xu Fu is young after all. Don't let him hurt Cai Mao lightly or seriously. It will be bad by then."
Hearing Zhang Hong's words, Dian Wei couldn't help but frown. It would be okay if it was arranged by Zhang Hong, but it was arranged by that boy Xu Fu, so he was a little worried.
"Don't worry, this Xu Fu is not an ordinary person. Don't worry, he has a sense of proportion."
Regarding Dian Wei's doubts, Zhang Hong smiled slightly. He believed that Xu Fu would never fail to celebrate.
"Okay, let's wait and see."
Since Zhang Hong said so, Dian Wei just walked over slowly but did not show up. He wanted to see how Xu Fu would test Cai Hao.
"Cai Hao, it's no use shouting at you. Do you know what we are here for?"
Shi Chang glanced at Cai Mao, with a trace of murderous intent flashing in his eyes. They were both warriors who had experienced hundreds of battles, and they could control this murderous intent freely.
"What are you going to do?"
Cai Hao drew out the steel sword from his waist, and a look of surprise flashed in his eyes. He naturally knew the identity of the other party. They were the guards. Who were the guards? They were Yuan Shu's personal guards. What were they here to do?
"Sir Zhang Hong has seen through your intentions. He knows that you are sincerely interested in Liu Biao and pretending to be in favor of China. He has specially ordered us to kill you."
The commander had already confronted Xu Fu, and the lie came out of his mouth. The soldiers around him also slowly surrounded Cai Mao.
"Your Majesty, Cai Mao is unjustly accused."
After hearing Shi Chang's words, Cai Mao had nothing to say, so he threw away the steel sword in his hand, knelt on the ground and waited for the guards to kill him.
It's not that he wants to die, it's that the king wants his ministers to die, and the ministers have to die. If he doesn't fight now, the most he will die is himself. If he runs away, not only will he die, but the entire Cai family may be wiped out. The genocide is just a matter of others.
Something about blowing your breath.
"Um."
Seeing Cai Mao like this, Shi Chang was stunned. He had seen people who were not afraid of death, but he had never seen a high-ranking official like Cai Hao who was not afraid of death.
The situation in front of me was completely different from what Xu Fu said, and Shi Chang didn't know what to do.
"Sir, come with me quickly."
At this moment, Xu Fu, dressed in black, suddenly jumped out, rushed directly into the crowd, grabbed Cai Mao, and led him out of the siege.
"Chase."
Seeing Xu Fu taking Cai Mao away, he was stunned for a moment, and then he chased after him with his men.
"Wait, who are you?"
Cai Mao was taken away by Xu Fu. He was completely confused. He broke away with all his strength and confronted Xu Fu.
"I was sent by Mr. Liu Biao to save you. Come with me quickly. It will be too late at night."
Listening to the footsteps in the distance, Xu Fu pretended to be anxious and spoke to Cai Mao.
"Rebels, come here. There are rebels here. The rebels are here."
Hearing that Xu Fu turned out to be the person arranged by Liu Biao, Cai Mao was furious. He wanted to kill his own Cai family. He would rather die than harm the clan.
"Sir, you are confused. Now China wants to kill you and Lord Liu Biao wants to save you. Why don't you know what is good and what is evil?"
Xu Fu glanced at Cai Mao, and a light flashed in his eyes.
"Haha, it's really a big joke in the world. How can you and I be the same people? Although Cai Mao is not talented, he also knows loyalty, justice, benevolence and filial piety.
Your Majesty wants to kill me because I, Cai Mao, have not done enough. I, Cai Mao, would rather be a ghost of China than a minister of the New Han Dynasty."
Facing Xu Fu, Cai Mao couldn't help but laugh miserably. He was really desperate at this moment, but even if he died, he would not leave him.
